Federal · Title 49 — Transportation
49 U.S.C. § 13521: General jurisdiction
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by water carrier between a place in a State and a place in another State, even if part of the transportation is outside the United States; by motor carrier that is in the United States; and by water carrier that is from a place in the United States to another place in the United States; and when the transportation is by motor carrier, the transportation is provided in the United States; when the transportation is by water carrier to a place outside the United States, the transportation is provided by water carrier from a place in the United States to another place in the United States before transshipment from a place in the United States to a place outside the United States; and when the transportation is by water carrier from a place outside the United States, the transportation is provided by water carrier from a place in the United States to another place in the United States after transshipment to a place in the United States from a place outside the United States. In this section, the terms “State” and “United States” include the territories and possessions of the United States.
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